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nv THE 1 RESIDENT OF T1IF. UNITED STATES
A PUOULAMATION.
Whereas, liy the second section of an net
of Congress of the 8th of May last, entitled
1 An act in u addition to the act conciiiiing
navigation, and at n to authorize the appoint
ment of deputy Collectors,” it is provided.
That, in the event of the signature of any
treaty or convention concerning the naviga
tion nr commerce between the United States
and France, the President of the United
States, if he should deem the same expedi
ent, mav suspend, !>y Proclamation, until
the end of Ihe next session of Congress, the
operation of the act, entitled “ An act to im
pose a new tonnage duty on French ships
and vessels, and for other purposesand,
also, to suspend, as aforesaid, all other du
ties on French vessels, or the goods import
ed in the same, which may exceed the du
ties on American vessels, and on similar
goods imported in the same : And whereas
a convention of navigation and commerce
between the United Slates of America and
His Majesty the King of France and Navar
re, has this day been duly signed by John
Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, on the
r,irt of tile United States, and liy the Boron
Hyde de Nennllr, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from France,
on the part of His Most Christian Majesty,
which convention is in the words following:
ORIGINAL.
Convention of Navigation and Commerce between
the United States nf America and llis Majesty
Ike King of France and Navarre.
The. United States of America and His
Majesty the King of France and Navarre,
being desirous uf settling the relations of na
vigation and commerce between their res
pective nations, by a temporary convention
reciprocally beneficial and siatjsfaetory, and
thereby of leading to a more permanent and
comprohensive arrangement, have respec
tively furnished their foil powers in man-
r. 11.ilvit iu In a:»v • Tht* PlVkl-
arrcRtcd the sailors, being part of the crews
of the vessels of their respective nation*,
who shall have deserted from the said ves
sels, in order to seed them hack, and trans
port them out of Ihe country. For which
purpose the said Consuls and Vice Consul-
shall address themselves to the C lurts,
Judges, and Officers competent, mid shall
demand the said deserters in writing—pro
ving, by an exhibition of the registers of the
vessel, or ship’s roll, or other official docu
ments, that those men were part of the said
crews; and on this demand, so proved, (sav
ing, however, where the contrary is proved,)
Ihe delivery shall not he refused ; nod there
shall he given all aid and assistance to the
said Consuls and Vice Consuls, for the
search, seizure, uud arrest, of the said deser
ters, who shall even he detained, and kept
in tile prisons of the country, at their re
quest and expense, until they shall have
found an opportunity of sending them buck.
at h o k within three
[From the National Intelligencer'.]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Washington, July 3, 1322.
Tile following is a copy of Ihe Report and
Decision uf the Commissioners of illr Uni
ti d Slates and of Great Itrilain, appointed
by virtue of the sixth article of the treaty of
(jllellt : —
The undersigned,Commissioner*appoint
ed, sworn and authorized, in virtue of tin 0th
article of the treaty of peace and amity lie-
tween his Britannic Majesty and the Un it'd
States of America, concluded at Ghent, un
the 2tth of December, 1314, impartially In
examine, and by a reporter declaration, tin
der their hands ai;d seals, to designate “ that
portion of the boundary of the United States
from the point whore the 4illl degree ol
north latitude strikes Ihe i it er Iroquois, or
Ca'aragui, along the middle of said river in
tt> Lake Ontario, through the middle of raid
Lakedhti! it Rtrik. -n. cjiaiiiiinle itiim ti j
water, between that Lull and Lake Erie—
lit, - r ‘h-y I ■ r,3t
J | . | c ,, i ei iiunriii m.ii uan dim jjdhK LIU—
mou s, n ii cono ej 1 nin - c ” I thence, along Ihe middle of said commuui-
her arrest, they shall he set at liberty, and • • . t ... lnMlllp nf
sliall be no inoro arrested lor the same
cause.
article 7.
The present temporary Convention shall
he ie. force for two years from the first day
of October next, and even after the expira
tion of that term, until the conclusion of a
definitive Treaty, or until one of the parlies
shall have declared its intention to renounce
it; which declaration shall be made at least
six months before hand.
And, in case the present arrangement
should remain without such declaration of
its discontinuance by either parly, the extra
duties specified iu the 1st and 2d articles,
shall, from the expiration of the said two
years, lie on both sides diminished by one-
fourth of their whole amount, and afterwards
by one-fourth of the said amount from year
to year so long as neither party shall have
declared the intention of iciiouncing it, as
above stated.
article 0.
The present convention shall he ratified
on both sides, and the ratifications shall he
exchanged, within one year from tiie date
hereof, or sooner if possible. But ttie exe
cution of the said convention shall com
mence in both countries on the first of Oc
tober next, and shall he effective, even in
cation into Lake Erie, thro’ the middle of
said Lake, until it arrivesat tnc watercominii
mention into Lake Huron; thence through
the middle of said Lake, to the water com
munication between that Lake and Lake
Superior and to *’ decide to which of the
two contracting parties the several islands,
lying within the said rivers, lakes, and wa
ter communications do respectively belong,
in conformity with tile true intent of the
treaty of I7li:l;” do decide and declare that,
the following described line, (which is more
clearly indicated in a series of maps accom
panying this report, exhibiting correct sur
veys and deleniation", ofall the livers, lakes,
w ater communications and islands, embrac
ed bythe t;th article of the treaty of Ghent,
by a black line, shaded on the British side
with red, and on tile American side with
blue—each sheet of which series of maps is
identified by a certificate, subscribed by the
Commissioners, and by two principal sur
veyors employed by them,) is the true boun
dary intended by the two before mentioned
j treaties—that is to say :
Beginning at a stone monument, erected
j by Andrew Ellicott, Esq. in tile year lit 17,
I on the south bank, or shore, of the said river
Iroquois, or Cataragui, (now called tile St.
| Lawrence) which monument bears south 7■)
deg. -10 min. west, and is eighteen hundred
in tile Indian village of St. Regis, and indi
cates the point at which the -Kith parallel of
north lat. strikes the said river—thence, run
ning north 55 deg. 45 tec. west into the ri
ver, on a line at right angles with the south
ern shore, to a po-nt 1UU yards south of the
opposite island, called Cornwall island—
thence, turning westerly, and passing around
Ihe southern and western sides of said
island, keeping 100 yards distant therefrom,
and following the curvatures uf its shores, to
nor following, that is to say : The Presi
dent of the United States to John (Quincy
Adams, their Secretary of State; and Ills
Most Christian Majesty to the Barron Hyde
de Neuvillc, Knight of the Royal and ."Mili
tary Order of St. Louis Commander of the
Legion of Honor, Grand Cross of the Roy
al American Order of Isabella Ihe Catholic,
his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Ple
nipotentiary near the United States ; who,
after exchanging their f ill powers, have a-
greed on tile following articles :
article 1.
Articles of the growth, produce, or manu
facture of the United States, imported into
Fiance in vessels of the United stales, shall
pay an additional duty, not exceeding twen
ty francs per ton of merchandize, over and
above the duties paid on tile tike articles, al
so of the growth, produce, or manufacture,
of the United Stales, when imported in
Wench vessels.
ARTICLE 2.
Articles of the growth, produce, or manu
facture of France imported into the United
States in French vessels, shall pay an midi
tional duty, not exceeding three dollars and
seventy five cents per toil of merchandise,
over and above the duties collected upon the
rika articles, also, of the growth produce, or
manufacture of France, when imported in
vessels of the United States.
article 8.
No discriminating duty shall be levied up
on the productions of the soil or industry ol
Franco, imported in French bottoms into
the ports of the United States for transit
or re-exportation.
Nor shall any such duties be levied upon
the productions of the soil or industry of the
United States, imported in vessels of Ihe
United States into the ports of Franco for
transit or re-exportation.
article 4.
The following quantities shall be consider
ed as forming tile ton of mercha'|U | J e tor
each of the articles hereinafter specified.
Winesj four 61 gallon hogsheads, or
gallons 251 cubic inches, American mea
sure. Brandies, and all other liquids, 2H
gallons. Silks, and all other dry goods, cud
all other articles usually subject to measure
ment, forty-two cubic feet French, in h ranee,
and fifty cubic feet American measure, in
tiie United States. Cotton, 110 Ub. avoirdu
pois, or 365 kilog. Tobacco, 1000 lb. avoir-
dupoUf or 7-f» kilos;. Asht*s P (, j p*mi
2210 lit. avoirdupois or IGI6 kilog. Rice,
1000 lb. avoirdupois, or 725 kilog. And tor
all iveighahle articles not specified, 2cf-) lb.
avoirdupois, or 1016 kilogrammes.
article 5.
The duties of tonnage, light-money, pilo
tage, port charges, brokerage, and all otliei
duties upon foreign shipping, over and above
those paid by the national shipping in the
two countries respectively, other than those
specified in articles 1 and 2 of the present
convention, shall not exceed, in I- ranee, foi
vessels of the United States, five francs per
ton of the vessel’s American register ; nor
for vessels of France, in the United States,
ninety-four cents per ton ot tiie vessel s
French passport.
article 8.
The contracting parties, wishing to favor
their mutual commerce by affording in then-
case of lion-ratification, for all such vessels | ,,,J f()rlv jj.. (lis ’, Hnt from ,1m stone church
as may have sailed, bona Jiac. for the ports
of either nation, in the confidence of its be
ing in force.
In faith whereof, the respective Plenipo
tentiaries have signed the present Con
vention, and Have tlH-ri-to affixed their
seals, at the eily uf Washington, this
,24th day of June, A. D. 1822.
JOHN' QUINCY ALUMS, (L. S)
g hum; de neuville, <l. s>
separate article.
The extra duties levied on either side, be
fore the present day, by virtue of the uct ol
Congress of the 15th May, 18 20, and uf the
ordinance of the 28th July, ol the same year,
and others eoiifirniative thereof, and which
have not already been paid hack, shall he
refunded.
Signed and sealed as above, this 24th day
of June, 11122.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (L. S.)
g. Hvm: de neuville, (L. s.)
separate article.
It is agreed that the extra duties, specified
in the first and second articles of this Con
vention, shall be levied only upon the excess
of value of the merchandise imported, over
the value of the merchandise exported in
tile same vessel upon the. same voyage: So
that if the value of Ihe articles exported shall
equal or exceed that of the articles imported
in the same vessel (not including, however,
articles imported for transit or re-exporta
tion) mi sin h extra duties shall he levied ;
and if the articles exported are less in value
than those imported, the extra duties shail
be levied only upon the a-nout of the differ
ence of their value. This article, however,
shall take effect only in case of ratification
on both sides; and not until two months af
ter tile exchange of the ratifications. But
(he refusal to ratify this article, on either
side, shall in no wise affect or impair the ra
tification nr the validity of the preceding ar
ticles of this convention.
Signed and sealed as above,-this Ctth day
of June, MI-22.
JOHN QUINCY ADAM5, (L S.)
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE, (L. 3.)
Now,therefore, be it known, that I, James
Monroe, President of the United States, in
pursuance of the authority aforesaid, do
hereby suspend, from and alter the first day
of October next, until the end of the next
session of Congress, the operation of tile act
aforesaid, entitled “ An act to impose a new
tonnage duty on French ships and vessels
and for other purposes,” and also nil-other
on French vessels and the goods im-
or Long Island, keeping Dear ifie southern
shore, and passing Ihe north of Cmllori Is
land, unlit it arrives opposil to the south
western point of said Grand Island in Lake
Ontario!- ; thence, passing to the north of
Grenadier, Fox, Stony and the Gallop Is
lam! in Lake Ontario, and to the south of,
and near, the Islands calh-d the Ducks, to
Ihe middle of Ihe said lake ; thence, wes
terly, along the middle'of said lake to a
point opposit the mouth nf lln- Niagara ri
ver; thence, to mill up the middle of the
said river to the Great Fulls ; thence, iqi Ihe
Falls, through the point of the Horse Shoe,
keeping to the west of Tris or Goat Island,
and nl'llie group of small islands ai its head,
and following the bends of the river so us to
enter the strait between Navy and Grand
Islands ; thence, along the middle of said
strait, to the heal of Navy Island ; thence,
to the west and south of, and near to, Grand
and lb-liver Islands, and to the west of
Strawberry, Squaiv and Bird Islands, In
Lake Erie; the rice, southerly and westerly,
iliong the middle of Lake Erie, in a direc
tion lo enter the passage immediately south
of middle Island, being one uf the eastern
most of Ihe group of islands lying in tin-
western piutofsuid lake; thence,along the
said passage,proceeding to the north of Cun
ningham’s Island, of the three Bass Island,
and of the Western Bister, and to the south
of the islands called the lien and chickens,
and of Eastern and Middle Sisters; tln-ncr,
In the mouth of the Detroit river, in a dir
ection to enter tile channel which divides
Buis-hlanc and Sugar Islands ; thence, up
tiie said channel tn lhe west of Bois-hlanc
Island, and to the east of Sugar, Fox and
Stony Islands until it appioaciies Fighting,
or Great Turkey Island, thence, along the
western side and near the shore of said last
mentioned Island, to the middle of the rivet
above the same ; thence, along the middle
of said river keeping lo the south-east of,
and near Hog Island, and to the northwest
of, and near ihe island, called Isle a la l'e-
che, to Lake St. Clair ; thence, through the
middle of said lake, in a direction to enter
that mouth or channel of the river St. Clair
w hich is usually denominated The Old Ship
Channel; thence, along the middle of said
Channel, between Squirrel Island on lln-
south-east, and Hursou’s Island on Ihu north
west, to ilia upper end of the last mentioned
island, which is nearly opposite to Point nu
Client's, on the American shore ; thence,
along the middle of the river St. Clair,
keeping to the west of, and near, the Islands
called Belle Revieve Isle, and Isle anx
Certs, to Lake Huron ; thence, through the
middle of Lake Huron, in a direction to en
ter the strait or pa-sage between Drum
mond's Island on the west, and tile little
Maniton island oil the east: thence, through
tlic middle of ihe passage which divides the
two last mentioned isl mds ; thence, turning
I -‘.j and westwardly, around tin
a point opposite the northwest corner, or ‘ and wi-slwanlly, around the ciis-
angle, of said island-lhence, to and along a . nd ""‘"lem shores of Drummond s
the middle of the main river, until it ap- sfc, " d ’ i,,,d proceeding m a direction to on-
pronclies the eastern extremity of Barnhart’s «' r the passage betw een the Eland of Si.
pruaelies the eastern extremity of Barnhart
island—thence, northerly, along Ihe channel
which divides the last mentioned island from
the Canada shore, keeping 11)0 yards dis
tant from the island, until it approaches
Sheik’s island—the ice, along the middle of
the strait which divides Barnhart's and
Sheik’s islands, to Ihe channel called the
Long Sault, which separates the two last
mentioned islands from the Lower Long
Sault island—thence, westerly, (crossing tin-
centre of the last mentioned channel) until It
approaches within luo yards of the north
shore of the Lower Sault Island—thence,
up the north blanch uf the river, keeping to
the north of, and near, the lower Sault Is
land, and also north of, amt near, the Upper
Sault (sometimes called Baxter’s) Island, and
south of tile two small islands, marked on
the Map A. and B, to the western exlrcmitj
of the Upper Sault, or Baxter’s Island—
thence passing between the two Islands cal
led the Cats, to the middle of the river a-
hove—thence, along the middle of the river,
keeping to the north of the small islands C.
D—El north alsoofChrysller’s Blind, Scot'
the small island next above it, marked E, until
it approaches the north-east angle of Goose
Neck Island,thencealong the passage w hich
divides the last mentioned island, from the
Canada shore, keeping 100 yards from the
island, to the upper end ot the same—thence
south of, and near, the tw o small islands cal
led the Nut Island—thence, north of, and
near, the Island marked F, and also of the
Island called Dry or Smuggler’s Island ;
thence, passing between the Islands marked
G and II, to the north of the Island called
Isle an Rapid I’latt; thence, along the north
side of the last mentioned Island, keeping
one hundred yards from the shore to tin-
upper end thereof; thence, along the mid
dle of the river, keeping to the south of,
and near, the Island called Cousson (or Tus-
sin) and Presque Isle ; thence, up the river,
keeping north of, and near, the several Gal-
dmtit
ported in the same which may exceed the
duties on American vessels, and oil similar
>4 o-oods imported in the same, saving only the lop Isles, numbered on the map I, 2, 3, 4, 5,
a- idiscF'Uinalins duties payable on French 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and also at Tick, Tihlu-rs,
els and on articles the growth, produce i and Chimney Islands; and south of, and
— ' .. . near, the Gallop Isles, numbered It, 12, and
IS, and also of Duck, Drummond and Bliecp
and manufacture of France, imported in tiie
same. stipuJutcd by the said convention lo
be in d testimony Wnsrpof, I hare caused the
Seal of the United States to be affixed
to these presents, and signed the same
with my hand.
Done at Washington, the 24th day of
June, in the- year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-
two, a id of the Independence of the
United Statesthe forty-sixth.
JAMES MONROE.
By the President:
JOHN QUNCY ADAMS.
Secretary of State.
coxi'Nnnr.M*.
Whv is a bachelor like nn old alma
nac ? * Because he is out of season.
Why is an old maid like a book in
sheets ? Because she wants binding.
AVhv is a modern buck of the ton like
a new bound novel ? Because be is ol
more show than substance.
Why i? a modern tine lady like a book
Islands ; thence, along tlie middle of th
river, passing north ol island No. 14, south
of 15, and 10, north of IT ; south of 18. 10.
20, 21, 2-2, 23, 21, to, and 28, and north of
26, and 27 ; thence, along the middle of the
river, north of Gull Island and of the Islands
No. 23, 32, 33, 34, 35, Bluff Island, and No.
39, 44, and 45, and to the south i f No. So,
31,36, Grenadier Island, and No. 37, 38,
40, 41, 4-2, 43, -IP, 47, and 48, until it ap
proaches tile east end of Well's Island
Joseph’s and the American shore, passing
to the north of Ihe intermediate Islands No.
81,11, 10, 12,9, 6, 4, and 2, and to the
south of lliose numbered 15, IS, 5, and I ;
thence, up the said last mentioned passage,
keeping near to the Island of St. Joseph’s
and passing to the north and east of Isle a
la Crosse, and of tile small islands number
ed 10, 17, 18, 19, and 20, and to the south
and west of those numbered 21, 22, and 23,
until it strikes a line (drawn on ihe map
with black ink and shaded on one side of
1llc point of intersection with blue and on
the other side v ilh red) passing across the
river at tiie head of St. Joseph’s Island, and
at the foot of the N
line denotes the termination of the bound
ry directed to be run liy the 6th article ol
contrast to all that ivc tune seen from the
pens of the British reviewers and politi
cians generally, respecting the Ameri
can people and their institutions. From
a British statesman and scholar, of the
principles and dispositions of Sir James
Mackintosh, the Iriend of Sismontli, w<
might expect a similar train of ideas and
freedom of testimony, but from none
oilier of the same rank, whether Whig
nr Tory, who is now within our recol
lerlinn. We could wish to present oni
readers with the whole of Mr. Sismondi’e
review ; it is, however, too long for tin-
room whii h we have to spare, and we
must, therefore, confine ourselves to a
few extracts. What he has said of Ame
rica ought not to remain entirely un
known to Americans. In Europe it curries
with it the highest authority,-—Afinf. Go a.
In the midst of the aniii osity of tin-
parties which divide our old Europe, in
tlie midst of (he political passions which
the convulsions of more than 30 years
have exritrd in all her divisions, a ge
neral gloom overspreads our ancient
continent. The evil cannot be denied,
although we may not agree touching its
causes. Factions, with their opposite
opinions, are always ready to accuse
their adversaries of the persecutions
which one portion of society experience,
and (lie insecurity felt by the other.—
The evil, I say, is ever;' where before
our eves : Imre we have seen a crowd
of estimable turn consigned to prison ;
iliere, military commissions pursuing dis
persed guartll.i parties—the secret pro
ceedings of the Italian tribunals have
covered Europe with fugitives, and the
ordonnances of Germany, extinguish the
ancient glory of tier Universities. In
Ireland, the insurrection of the peasan
try fiom famine, are suppressed by the
executioner. In the East, Turkey and
Greece exhibit a scene of horror—the
writhings of an agony which cannot be
contemplated without shuddering.”
“ When the present is so melancholy,
when the future is so dark, one finds an
ineffable repose of mind and heart in
looking towards a new world ; where
all is full of happiness and hope—towards
a new world where 22 republics, free
from the trammels which shackle us,
from the obstacles and doubts which ar
rest us in all our projects of public good,
advance gloriously iu the career of hu
man pfcfTecTimi and universal prosperi
ty. Among them, labor i* always in de
mand, and well paid—there, he who
toils, lives in plenty and reaps 1 lie fruits
of his exertion; while in Europe, who
ever contributes by the labor of his
hands to the creation of wealth, is al
most certain not to share in its advanta
ges. AI! inventions and discoveries in
America go to the benefit of every cl ass ;
which is not the case with u«—all, there,
Imvo some leisure for recreation and in
struction—all read and write, and take
an interest in public affairs—all may
marry early, and look without alarm up-
[ on the increase of their families.”
This prosperous condition of the
the treaty of Ghent.
And the said commissioners do further
decide and declare, that all ihe i-lands lying
in the rivers, lakes, mid water communica
tions, between the before described bounda
ry line and the adjacent shores of Upper
Canada do, and each of them does, belong
to liis Britannic Majesty, and that all the is
lands lying in the rivers, lakes, and water
communications, between the said bounda
ry line and the adjacent shores of ihe United
Mates, or their territories do, and each of
them does, belong to the United States of
America, in conformity with the true intent
of the second article of the said treaty of
1783, and the Ctli article of tile treaty ol
Ghent.
Iii faith whereof, we, the eommis*ionws
aforesaid, have signed this declaration, and
thereunto affixed our seals.
Done in quadruplicate at Utica, in the
Slate of New-York, in the United States of
America, ibis 13th day of June, in tile year
ol our Lord mm thousand eight hundred
and twenty-two.
TETKR B. PORTER, [r„ s.]
A NTM. BARCLAY, [l. s.]
AMERICA—from an European F.’je.
Sisrnondi, the author of the History ot
the Italian Kopublics, of a History of the
Literature of Southern Europe, it nf va
rious tracts on political Economi, all of
great excellence and established repntn
jrom imperfect experiment* iu othi f
quarters ; it has surpulseil even, the e>
pecUliuiiH of all ttu/so who take an iu-
lerest in the preservation of the digmiv
ol man uud Ihe prog tvs- of freedom mid
morals. The United States of Aiucitc.
have demonstrated that a government
may be simply and solely the expression
of the national w ill, vv itliolit hereditary
power nr prerogative, without uristocrn
cy, without a b.illauce of privileges, uud
that, though entirely within the nouiina
lion of Ihe people, il is not on that ac
count, the more tempestuous, n«-r the
less scrupulous in respecting all rights.—
The legislators of Europe havq sought
to maintain nn exact equilibrium he-
tween the pmrliMns oftspnar* tin d no-
(liority, who have cotisecrnti ii their al-
I'eetions to the hereditary represent!'
live of the nut ion ; men powerful fv
their title- and their wealth, with all th
vassal train of Aristocracy ; new
I new interests, with the whole na-.,
of the people. The legislators m ,i - •.
rira have discarded all such disum ,ioih
— thpy have confounded politically all
individuals nod c.lasse.-—they have sup-
pressed all balancing ; ami yet genes >!
tactions uud parties me goii.g out as it
were instead of increasing in strength
-I animosity, America is not a Demo
icy ; but a great representative Re
public, which embraces twenty-two n
tliers of the some nature. Some writers
wbile they conceded that popular at- !
federative governments might aim at do
ing right, contended, however, that they
must be always weak, always incapable
of struggling with political dillicullies.-
Nevertheless, we have seen the Ameri
cans, in their last war, recover from their
first defeats, full of courage and cot-t
dence, display unexpected resource*,
repel gloriously the armaments of (h
most powerful of empires, and conquer
an honorable peace with the arms ol c.-
tizens, opposed to vertran soldiers.”
bisli Rapids, which j laboring classes it is, that makes of free
America a world which no longer re
sembles ours. It has given dignity to
the people, who do not sell their ser
vices to each other, but exchange labor
and talent ; it lias placed them above the
grosser vices, into which the multitude
in Europe plunge, in order perhaps to
blunt the sense of their wretchedness ;
it attaches them to a country which (hey
know well, to a governmont which they
comprehend, and over which they are
worthy to exert an influence ; it pre
vents those popular commotions, those
violent tumults, to which the ignorance
and ahjectness of the people of Europe
naturally lead—it maintains between
them and the other classes of society that
deep feeling of euu.iliiy, which is found-
oil there upon reality, while with n« it
is but a fiction -of the laws.” * * *
“ It would he a mistake indeed to sup
pose that the prosperity of America i=
owing to her liberty alone—merely to
the form of their government. .She has
great and fruitful advantages in her youth
as a nation—her immense and fertile
territory yet to he peopled. But if li
berty has not alone produced the felicity
of her condition, it alone assures to her
the harvest nf good fortune—it alone has
given her a spring A impulse without ex
ample throughout the world. The other
!lienee, to the ninth of Well’s Island, and j envious article upon Miss \Vright's Views
along the strait which divides it frmn Row e’s
Island, keeping to the north of the small Is
lauds No. 51,52,54, .58, 59, and 61, and to the
south of the small Islands numbered and
marked 49, 50, 53, 55, 57, CO, and A', until
lion; who has been proclaimed by the parts of the American continent enjoy the
Edinburgh Review, to be the first liisto- |-aine natural advantages as Ihe U. States;
rian nt the age, and is considered by the j Ihe greater part of the Spanish and Bor-
French Institute as one of its most hril- j taguese provinces are much more high
limit and able members, has published j ly gifted—but tbc rapid increase nf po-
iu the March number of the Paris Jour- pulation. universal comfort, the increase
mil, railed Ea Revue Encyclupcilique, a j of morality and of knowledge, the boiinil-
ports every necessary assistances to their | r0 m r i!ptpd ? Because she is bound
L... , '..„„„..i a i, HV e agreed that the i 1,01 t ' uul I ur ' u
respective vessels,
•J,-.mills and Mice Cimsu'
mnv cause to be in ho?r
it approaches tile north east point of Grind
stone Island ; thence, to the north of Grind
stone Island, and keeping to the north also
of the small Islands, No. C3, 65, 67, 08, 70,
72, 73, 74, 75, 70, 77, and 78, and to the
-outh of No. 02, 04, 06, 69, and 71, until it
approaches the. southern point of Hickory
ldand ; thence, passing to the soulh of
Hickory 1-land, and of the two small islands
lying n-ar it? southern extremity numbered
7 1 - and CO ; ihrr.ee, to Hie "outh ol Grand
of Society mid Mariners in America. lie
dwells with great delight upon the pic
ture which the fair author has drawn of
(here States ; contemplates every thing
less diffusion of happiness—are trait
seen only in the twenty-two Anglo-Ame
rican republics. The Canadians remain
poor and lazy—ignorant and loyal ; tho
Louisianian tvas still farther behind ; hut
on this side of the water with 1 lie kind- j thirteen or fourteen years of connexion
liest eye and the most liberal spirit, nod
pursues n strong comparison between
American well-being and tranquility on
the one hand, and the miseiies and dis
orders of Europe on the other. The
language, sentiments, anticipation!
with free America, have communicated
a new vigor to Louisiana, and that terri
tory so long oppressed, is now- one of the
most flourishing parts of the Union.
“How indeed, could a government I doubted that they will have taste
like tiiat of America, fail to secure the | cient to recognize Mr. Brvant
to distinction
American Poetry.—A neat volume of
230 pages 12mo. lias been published in
London, eDtith-d Specimens of America-
Poetry, with critical notices, and a Rri
face. The reported Editor is Mr. Ro.
cor., son of the well known author of th.r
name. The Specimens consist of t ;
A:rs of Palestine by Mr. Bierp-
Fanny—Bryant's Popms, eiin-isti; -
the Ages and tho other smaller poems i:
the same collection—Selections fr .
Yamayden—from Dabney’s Maxwell’,
and Allston’s Poems—and from perio
cal publications. Among the pieces, sc
lected from periodical works are Severn
from the North American Revises. Ti c
Poems of Mr. Bryant are introduced will,
the following notice :—Boston Pat.
“ The observation of a very enco
miastic travelb-r led her to the conch:
-ion, that the Americans “ have nothin
of Ihe poet in tin in, nnr of the bel espri'
and that (hey are apt to be tiresome :
they attempt to be either,” W e art-
told also, by the same lively wiiler, th
the Americans “ have a s irprising stock
of information, but this runs litile into
the precincts of imagination—tucts foi ,
the ground work of their discourse.
Even the Americans themselves appt .-r
hitherto to have subscribed to this opu:
ion ; hut it is apprehended that the pob
lication of this small volume of poems In-
Mr. Bryant, will induce a belief th, 1
America is destined very speedil- to be
come the mother nf poets, w! o wib
compel the authors of Europe t- giani
their own laurels with no small de.n
ol anxiety. These productions are i .
fact a most convincing proof, that what
ever disadvantages may retard its dor r
lopeinent. there yet are, amongst the
Americans, the germs of pure poetic.,I
feeling, and the capacity of high poetic
expression. That these great requisites
are united in Mr. Bryant, will not, i-i
all prohabilty be denied !>v any one wl, >
lakes the trouble of studying the follow
ing specimens of his powers. He !. -i
attempted some bold and lofty di.:iu-,
and his pinions have sustained him r- >
lily. In the longest of the Poems whi 1,
follow, be has chosen a subject full i
ihe greatest difficulties, for which he r :i
ly stands excused by the felicity of Ho
execution. “The Ages” is a inastcii ,•
sketch, and displays the marks of an pit-
inemly poetical mind. But, peihv
ihe most remarkable of these Boom-. *
that entitled “ Thanalopsis,” ihe , 0
ception of which is singularly grand -
l\ ithout any intention to overrate tk--
excellence of these lines it niajr be r .
fidently asserted that there are few pint >■•-.
in the works of even Ihe very first,
our living poets, which exceed them -. i
sublimity and compass of poetical thou:
Nor is it their least excellence, that
spirit which they display is one , f
pure and high philosophy. The f •
description* of nature which Air. I
ant’s smaller pieces contain, are he
fnl rich, am) powerful. Dilatory a- ■
Americans are said to be, in aflbr
encouragement to the young pool
their country, it rannwt for a m-rm n:
the illnsltious historian, whom we. should | prosperity of ihe nation obedient to it 7| to ili-tinction. Indeed, a very f. tv ,
not hesitate to place at ihe head of the I It has refuted the predictions of all on r i hie notice oft nm has appeared iu
literati of France, firm a remarkable I speculative polUticuns who reasoned! number of the North American R.